keithbannister
FollowTaken from a hide, with Nikon D4 ,Nikon 300mm F2.8, F8 AV 5000 SEC ISO 2500
Taken from a hide, with Nikon D4 ,Nikon 300mm F2.8, F8 AV 5000 SEC ISO 2500
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deanmelbourne
July 29, 2016
That is a fantastic shot Keith . Thank you for sharing it and your settings.....
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taken from a hideTime
taken in the morning around 11.00 am when the light was right where the kingfisher dived,Lighting
I had to have good light so I could get a high shutter speed to capture the bird in flight back to the perchEquipment
Nikon D4, Nikon 300mm F2.8 VR 2 Lens, remote shutter releaseInspiration
I had seen a few in flight kingfisher shots in magazines and was in awe of them, I had plenty of perch shots but no diving onesEditing
I used Nikon NX 1 to process my shotIn my camera bag
in my bag is a Nikon D4, plus back up Nikon D7001, Nikon 300mm F2.8 VR 2 lens plus Nikon 1.7 converter, and a Nikon 70 -200mm VR 1 lensFeedback
to capture kingfishers in flight you need at least 3,200 sec shutter speed to get a sharp image, I upped the ISO to 2,500 at F8, and had the Sun behind the camera which enabled this